A HEARTFELT International Ministries pastor who appeared in
court facing charges of sodomising another man has been acquitted.
Samson Mukululi Nhubu, 35, through his lawyer Liberty Gono
pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Harare magistrate
Rumbidzai Mugwagwa.
In her judgment, magistrate Mugwagwa said the State failed
to prove beyond reasonable doubt that indeed Nhubu committed the offence. She
also said it was difficult to accept the manner in which the complainant said
they were sodomised.
Magistrate Mugwagwa said the complainant should have
screamed and reported the matter immediately since there were many people at
the company.
Facts were that, on August 22, Nhubu met the complainant at
Total Samora Machel where he wanted to talk about a task that Nhubu wanted to
give him.
The complainant was told that there was a small job which
was for painting and fitting his father’s house which he had got for him.
Nhubu then took then took the complainant to his workplace
in Eastlea to discuss about the job.
The court also heard that when the two arrived at the
workplace, Nhubu asked him if he was a secret keeper and if he was able to hug
a man.
Nhubu then asked the complainant to hug him and he
complied. He then proceeded to forcefully remove his trousers before
sodomising the complainant.
After he had finished, he asked him to put on his clothes
and drove him back to where he took him.
The complainant also told the court that he failed to
scream for help since he was afraid of being killed after he saw three men that
were around when the alleged offence occurred. H Metro
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